Americorps Refugee Youth Mentoring Support Specialist

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The Refugee Youth Mentoring Support Specialist (Notre Dame AmeriCorps Volunteer) is part of the Refugee Services team, serving refugees and other eligible populations in the Atlanta area. The member will primarily work with refugee youth and families newly resettled in Atlanta.

The member will support two refugee youth-centered programs - the mentoring program and the afterschool program. The member will typically work part of the day in the office and part of the day at the refugee youth afterschool program (Monday-Thursday 2:30PM-5:00PM).

The mentoring program matches refugee youth (ages 12-17) with volunteer mentors (ages 21+) in one-on-one one-year mentoring relationships. The program is designed to provide strengths-based and trauma-informed academic, social, and emotional support to the youth as well as case management for the youth and their family.

The afterschool program is designed to provide academic support as well as social and emotional skills to thirty refugee students identified by the school as requiring additional support to succeed in the academic environment. In addition to Refugee Services team members, community volunteers also support the program.

Please Note: This is a full-time AmeriCorps volunteer position, through Notre Dame Mission Volunteers and receives a stipend.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• In partnership with program staff, responsible for implementation of the Refugee Youth Mentoring Program as funded by Catholic Charities USA and the United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
• In partnership with program staff, responsible for recruiting and training volunteers to serve as mentors in the Refugee Youth Mentoring Program.
• In partnership with program staff, responsible for recruiting, training, matching, supporting, supervising, and evaluating Refugee Youth Mentoring Program mentors.
• In partnership with program staff, responsible for enrolling, assessing, training, matching, supporting, and case management for Refugee Youth Mentoring Program mentees and families.
• In partnership with program staff, responsible for maintaining communication with parents/guardians, mentees, mentors, and partners.
• In partnership with program staff, responsible for monitoring volunteer service, including volunteer service hours documentation.
• In partnership with program staff, responsible for planning and facilitating events such as quarterly mentor meet-ups, quarterly mentor-mentee meet-ups, and annual volunteer appreciation events for the Refugee Youth Mentoring Program.